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1997 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 32.1-122.7 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 32.1-122.7. Statewide Area Health Education Centers Program.
A. The Board, in cooperation with the Virginia Health Planning
Board and the three medical schools in the Commonwealth, shall design and
implement the Virginia Statewide Area Health Education
Center Centers Program in order to attract and
retain medical care practitioners in underserved areas of Virginia
(AHEC) is a collaborative partnership conducted under the auspices of the
Virginia Statewide AHEC Board of Directors. Generally, AHECs are
nonprofit organizations with a governing or advisory board of individuals
representing the services area. The mission of the Area Health
Education Centers Program shall be designed to is to
promote health careers and access to primary care for medically underserved
populations through community-academic partnerships. The mission of the
Virginia Statewide AHEC Program is accomplished through the following four
major areas of program activity: (i) establish professional practice
support systems by linking the benefits of the medical expertise and research
of the three medical schools with the delivery of health services to indigent
individuals and recipients of public assistance developing health
careers recruitment programs for Virginia's students, especially
underrepresented and disadvantaged students; (ii) encourage the
graduates of the three medical schools to practice in the Commonwealth by
recruiting students to enter primary care specialties and to practice in
underserved areas supporting the community-based training of primary
care health professions students, residents, and other health professions
students in Virginia's underserved communities; (iii) promote the
development and implementation of innovations in the delivery of community
health services such as after-hours clinics in the three medical schools and
community-based service demonstration projects providing educational
and practice support systems for the Commonwealth's primary care
providers; and (iv) anticipate and avoid critical
physician shortages by expanding opportunities for family practice
preceptorships, clerkships, and residencies collaborating with
health, education, and human services organizations to facilitate and promote
improved health education and disease prevention among the citizens of the
Commonwealth.
B. The Board of Directors shall report annually the status and progress of the implementation of the Program's goals and objectives to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, the State Board of Health, and the Governor and the General Assembly.